George Daskarolis Foundation

Today is , y'all! The best day of the year to get your donating on! FB and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are matching $2 mil in donations and FB is covering fees today only, so every cent you donate will be matched and go straight to East Bay College Fund (EBCF) to serve George Daskarolis Foundation (GDF) students! Make it rain, good people!

As you prepare to celebrate the holidays and do any shopping you want to do, remember that you can support the George Daskarolis Foundation while you search the Internet and shop online. It's easy and it's free. Simply select the George Daskarolis Foundation as the cause you support here: https://www.goodsearch.com/nonprofit/george-daskarolis-foundation.aspx Who wants to use Google and Amazon when you can donate to causes dear to your heart by using Goodsearch and Goodshop instead?

Join us @ the East Bay College Fund 's Awards Night this Friday, June 3rd @ 7pm @ the Scottish Rite Center in Oakland!

http://www.eastbaycollegefund.org/homeslides/award-ceremony/

Awards Ceremony — East Bay College Fund From the North: Take Hwy 580 East to the Harrison St / Oakland Ave Exit, and branch right on exit for Harrison. Left two lanes become Lakeside Dr at 20th Street. Lakeside veers right and becomes Madison. The back of the theater will be on the left.

Much respect to the East Bay College Fund (EBCF) for a well-organized Persistence Night that was of immense value to attendees! The translation service providers who made the evening accessible for all were particularly impressive. Oakland. Scholars. College. That's wassup.

www.eastbaycollegefund.org

East Bay College Fund Vision: We as a community take collective responsibility to ensure that all of our students graduate from high school with the expectations, resources and support to complete college and be successful in the career of their choice.

GDF scholars -- with guidance from East Bay College Fund (EBCF) staff members -- weigh the various factors that must be considered when determining which college or university to attend.

One of our students helped organize a clothing drive at her school for a women's shelter in Oakland.

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"The same pleasure centers light up when we receive a gift as when we donate to charity. Neuroscientists refer to it as “the warm glow” effect."

http://www.gdfoundation.net/

Should everyone have the opportunity to go to college? Support education and support Oakland by giving to GDF's Fall Semester One Class One Dream Fundraiser. Help spread the word that access to education matters for everyone.

Volunteering

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/01/05/375222288/student-tuition-now-outweighs-state-funding-at-public-colleges?sc=tw

Student Tuition Now Outweighs State Funding At Public Colleges From 2003 to 2012, state funding decreased by 12 percent overall while median tuition rose 55 percent across all public colleges," the General Accountability Office says.

GDF students in action serving our community.

One of our students is the president of a club at her school called Students in Action. They are in the middle of a clothing drive for a homeless shelter for women. If you have warm clothes you want to donate please drop them off at Unity High School (6038 Brann Street, Oakland). The drive will run until mid February. Thank you!